I love The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green for your classic Full English or Milk Bar in Soho for vegan French toast. You can also grab a muffin & maybe a few other things at Le Pain.

It's a shame Mrs Marengo's and Eat & 2 Veg don't exist any more.

Thank you jojo! That gives me a couple more ideas :) I did keep finding references to Eat and 2 Veg but saw that it was closed :(

Oddly I've been looking at your blog recently as I am off to Brighton for a week in April. I used to live there but before I was vegan, and it was a while ago now, so I was doing some research :) Really miss the place, hence the trip!

If you find yourself in central London early on needing breakfast (like I did today) then Planet Organic, Torrington Place off Tottenham Court Rd isn't such a bad choice. It has a cafe section that has dairy free porridge and a couple of different vegan muffins. Also the shop is open so you have all the takeaway fridge options, SAF sandwiches, Falafal, yogurts, sweet/raw dessert pots, flapjacks etc.

I spoke at a conference then just got tomato, lettuce and cucumbers in dressing for lunch, so I was glad I indulged.

If you just need porridge you can get it with soya milk in any Caffe Nero or Starbucks.

The Starbucks where I work told me that their porridge isn't vegan even if made with soya milk because they don't just use plain oats, they use a mix that has whey in. It's a franchise though so they do sometimes use different things to main Starbucks.

After all this we ended up grabbing snacks in Vx to save time. I've been kind of missing going out for a nice breakfast recently and though London might fix that. Been to Inspiral before and really enjoyed their breakfast but it was a bit out of our way and was hoping to try something new. And we went to Tibits for lunch and Saf for dinner so I didn't miss out :D

If you just need porridge you can get it with soya milk in any Caffe Nero or Starbucks.

The Starbucks where I work told me that their porridge isn't vegan even if made with soya milk because they don't just use plain oats, they use a mix that has whey in. It's a franchise though so they do sometimes use different things to main Starbucks.

That's strange, it's listed as vegan on the Starbucks website and it is a prepackaged pot which the milk of your choice is added to. I wouldn't expect to have to make sure the branch I was in wasn't a franchise for the nutritional info online to be correct. Nero list the porridge as vegan on their website too.

My friend told me last night that Domali in Crystsl Palace do vegan breakfasts (sausage, bacon etc) great if you're in South London. It may be a bit out of the way for most people but you could combine it with a nice walk in Crystal Palace Park! It's probably a 5-10 minute (uphill) walk from Gipsy Hill or Anerley stations. The hill from Anerley is less steep!http://www.happycow.net/gmaps/get-map-d ... ?vid=31615

I think I recall hearing Milk Bar was no longer doing vegan French toast but there may be other options.(Here is a review of it from last year but I think it changed hands shortly after this:- http://theveganword.com/restaurant-revi ... -breakfast)

I found myself in Islington yesterday morning and went to the newer branch of The Gate for breakfast. I went to Hammersmith a fair few times as a veggie and loved it but the vegan items are not the most inspiring. The brunch menu isn't the same as on their website and and there are only 2 vegan options, but you can order from the A La Carte menu if you want. I had a potato and tofu mamoosa which was basically a spicy hash with a salad and a pot of really spicy chilli sauce. It wasn't a huge portion but it was very nice indeed and something a bit different.